da cassino: West Bromwich Albion aren’t in action until Monday evening when they face a trip to Preston North End and the pressure could well be on depending on this afternoon’s turn of events.
da imperador bet: The Baggies’ nearest challengers are Leeds United, who are only two points behind them in the Championship standings and they face a struggling Middlesbrough side, so there’s a good chance Albion lose their throne for at least a couple of days.
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Slaven Bilic faces an almighty selection dilemma, as for the first time in a while, he has a fully fit squad to choose from, so how will West Brom line up?
It is fair to suggest that the quintet of Sam Johnstone, Kyle Bartley, Semi Ajayi, Jake Livermore and Romaine Sawyers are the first names on the teamsheet as they have all started in every single game when available – only suspension has stopped two of them from playing 100% of matches this term.
Despite that, it is likely that Bilic names a fully unchanged starting line up even with so many names pushing for places.
Charlie Austin has scored in back-to-back matches from the bench while Hal Robson-Kanu has been gifted with starts following a very similar run of form – given that he has five goals in seven games now, he is likely to be the man that starts.
While Darnell Furlong had to make way for Nathan Ferguson on Wednesday night with Kieran Gibbs also returning to the side for the first time since August, and then there is Conor Townsend too.
Gibbs even scored in their thrashing of Bristol City while the 19-year-old starlet, who could leave in January, slotted back in at his regular right-back position as if he had never been gone. Therefore, these two should keep their places at full-back.
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